human rights and violations

human rights

Rights that someone has just by being born.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

United Nations declaration that states what basic rights one has as a human.

Nuremburg Trials

Trials where Nazi officialls were put on trial for crimes against humanity.

crimes against humanity

Crimes that are widespread attaxks on what it means to be human.

genocide

Mass killing of people because of their identity.

coup

A violent seisure of authority from the government.

junta

Group that controls the government after taking the power away.

Augusto Pinochet

Chilean officer and dictator.

Jorge Rafael Videla

Argentinan dictator who's givernment was the cause for many abuses.

Madres de la Plaza de Mayo

Humen rights association in argentna formed to combat Videla's dictatorship.

Khmer Rouge

Name given to communist party in Cambodia.

Pol Pot

Dictator of Cambodia, who oversaw massacres and human rights violations.

Cambodian Genocide

Genocide of Cambodian citizens by their dictator.

Hutu

A people forming molst of the Rwandan population, who were mostly farmers.

Tutsi

Ethnic group in rwanda that was massacred.

Rwandan Genocide

Genocide of the Tutsi people in Rwanda.

Yugoslavia

A formerly existing country in the Balkans.

Slobodan Milošević

Politician and president of serbia, who was overthrown in the year 2000

ethnic cleansing

Mass killing of people to try and cleanse their ethnic group from existence.

Bosnian Genocide

During Bosnian war, an incredible amount of poeple was killed across a three year war.

Darfur Genocide

Genocide of Darfuri people in Sudan.

Uyghur Genocide

China has been committing crimes against humanity against ugyhurs in xinjiang.